“If we are serious about learning the Malay civilization, Jawi script had its origins in Pallava, which in turn had its origins in Sanskrit, why do we just learn Seni Khat and not earlier writing systems?"

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DAP national chairman Tan Kok Wai said party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng would issue a statement on the teaching of Jawi at vernacular schools later today to state the party's official stand on this issue.